: the U.S. military leadership
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Noun (1)
The general attended a meeting at the Pentagon.
There was disagreement between the President and the Pentagon over the new military budget.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Pentagon leadership has expressed concerns about losing access to military bandwidth, while telecom industry analysts have grown concerned that companies are overextending themselves in the gold rush.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Kingsley Wilson, a Pentagon spokesperson, said D'Ortona is not a spokesperson or advisor for the Department of War.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Conservative conspiracy theories swirled last year that Swift was part of a Pentagon plot fueled by Democrats to sway the 2024 election.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Pentagon leadership has expressed concerns about losing access to military bandwidth, while telecom industry analysts have grown concerned that companies are overextending themselves in the gold rush.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
The Republican and Democratic heads of a US congressional committee for strategic competition with China in July stressed their strong support for AUKUS, amid the review of the deal by Elbridge Colby, a top Pentagon policy official and public critic of the pact.
—CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Kingsley Wilson, a Pentagon spokesperson, said D'Ortona is not a spokesperson or advisor for the Department of War.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Pentagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pentagon. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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pentagon
noun
pen·ta·gon
ˈpent-ə-ˌgän 
: a polygon of five angles and five sides
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